Lyk Lyk
Bicep
LABEL: Feel My Bicep | FMB004
GENRE: House
RELEASED: 2014
MP3 DOWNLOAD SOURCE: WEB
BITRATE: 320kbps / 44100kHz / Full Stereo
TRACKS: 4
SIZE: 59.45 megs
TRACKLIST
1. Bicep – Lyk Lyk 7:06
2. Bicep – Poly Pineapple 5:55
3. Bicep & Hammer – Icebowl 5:04
4. Bicep & Hammer – Day 3 6:25
Total Playtime: 24:30 min
By their standards, 2014 has been a relatively quiet year for Belfast boys Bicep, with a remix 12″ and the Circles EP on Aus Music their only releases of note. “Lyk Lyk” is, then, a welcome return to action. The title track is particularly sweaty and once again mines vintage rave influences, with fluid synths and cut-up vocals riding a classic late ’80s/early ’90s breakbeat groove. “Poly Pineapple” is a little deeper, with waves of wide-eyed synths crashing over a thumping house groove. On the flipside, the duo join forces with partner-in-blogging Hammer for a couple of cuts; the woozy, glacial, synth-heavy “Icebowl” and “Day 3”, a stomping chunk of retro-futurist techno smothered in 808 State style synths. Balearic techno anyone?
